Nurse Activity Manager at the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent humanitarian medical NGO that was created in 2009 by professionals of humanitarian medicine. ALIMA’s mission is to provide medical care in emergency situations or medical catastrophes.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Job Title: Nurse Activity Manager

Location: Yobe
Contract term: Contract under French law; contract length: 6 months, renewable
Reports to: Functional: Project Coordinator; Technical: Medical Referent
Mission Location: Yobe State Karasuwa / Yusufari
Position to be filled: July 2023

Protection of Beneficiaries and Community Members 

• Level 3: As part of his or her duties, the incumbent will be required to visit the programs and be in contact with children and/or vulnerable adults. Therefore, the criminal record check or the presentation of a certificate of good moral character will be necessary. In situations where it is impossible to provide a criminal record or a certificate of good moral character, a declaration of honor will be requested.

Mission and Responsibilities

• He/she participates in defining, planning, implementing, and monitoring all care and nursing-related activities in accordance with the project plan, ALIMA’s policies, approved guidelines, and procedures. He/she guarantees the quality of nursing care as well as coordinates human and materials-related resources in collaboration with different health facilities responsible in order to improve the health conditions of the target population.
• The Nursing Activity Manager maintains a close collaboration with different responsibilities of health facilities in which ALIMA is bringing medical support and technical relation with the nurse supervisor and the project team to ensure the smooth running of medical activities:
  • Ensure that the Planning and organization of all nursing and related activities in OTP, IPD, ITFC, OPD, and Community Activity and participating in the definition of periodic planning and update of its associated budget
  • Coordinate the duty roster, shifts, and on-calls of nursing staff.
  • Oversee and monitor the rational use of medicines and the proper administration of treatments in step with ALIMA/MoH protocols.
  • Oversee proper management of the different activities like OTP, IPD, ITFC, OPD, and drug store (inventory, orders, supervision of distribution).
  • Participate in handling international orders for medicines and medical supplies.
  • Ensure that all administrative procedures and documents (individual patient cards and registration books, discharge forms, transfer forms, etc.) are used correctly.
  • Ensure correct use of data management tools (proper collection and analysis of patient and laboratory data).
  • Support the development and implementation of nursing protocols and standards
  • Monitor adherence to hygiene procedures for materials (sterilization, waste disposal), rooms, and equipment in general. Monitor adherence to universal measures for infection prevention control.
  • Ensure that all necessary actions are well known in the event of needle stick injuries or contact with infectious body fluid by all staff (including non-medical staff), for example, an accident of Blood.
  • Supervise the national nurses’ supervisors, and all related activities in liaison with the different activities in the project (OTP, IPD, ITFC, OPD, Community Activities, etc.)
  • Reporting to the line manager on any relevant information linked to nursing activities and participating in periodic reports according to guidelines.
  • In close coordination with the project admin,, planning and supervising the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the nursing staff of the project

Reports to:

• Functional: Project Coordinator
• Technical: Medical Referent

Experience and Skills
Education:

• Essential nursing diploma for general or specialized health services; specialization in nutrition or sexual and reproductive health would be an asset.

Experience:

• Essential working experience of at least 5 years in nursing activities specialized either in nutrition/health or sexual reproductive health.
• Essential working experience in related jobs in ALIMA or other NGOs developing countries.

Languages:

• English master Oral and written;
• French, Hausa, and Kanuri languages would be an asset.

Condition

• Contract term: Contract under French law; contract length: 6 months, renewable. 
• Position to be filled: July 2023
• Salary: depending on experience

ALIMA pays for:

• Travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
• Accommodation costs
• Medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee and his/her family
• Evacuation of the employee

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.